LaMarcus Aldridge Introductory Press Conference Thread

[timvp]

That moment you realize you left the stove on.

[ace3g]

[DPG21920]

Is that Jackie Butler?

[timvp]

"Mexican Food and Longhorn fans."

Welp, he just made about 99% of San Antonio fall in love in five words.

[BatManu20]

^ yep

[BatManu20]

[ace3g]

San Antonio Spurs @spurs
#LAinSA in photos » gospu.rs/1M0Fr00 pic.twitter.com/BmzS3l0yQ3

[baseline bum]

How weird was it that RC began the press conference by thanking Arn Tellem? The same Arn Tellem who screwed the Spurs over with Lamond Murray in the summer of 1999.

[timvp]

How weird was it that RC began the press conference by thanking Arn Tellem? The same Arn Tellem who screwed the Spurs over with Lamond Murray in the summer of 1999.

Yeah, I had to make sure I wasn't in a bizarro world when I heard that.

WTF? Pop literally hasn't talked to him since 1999. I guess now that he's headed to the Pistons front office, RC figured he'd get on his good side.

[Spurs9]

Damn the fans are going to love this dude at Spurs games, along with West for taking 11million less.

[Das Texan]

How weird was it that RC began the press conference by thanking Arn Tellem? The same Arn Tellem who screwed the Spurs over with Lamond Murray in the summer of 1999.

The drugs might be clouding RC's memory.

Good thing Pop didnt conduct this. Zero chance in Tellum would have gotten a mention from Pop other than a you mention.

[baseline bum]

Yeah, I had to make sure I wasn't in a bizarro world when I heard that.

WTF? Pop literally hasn't talked to him since 1999. I guess now that he's headed to the Pistons front office, RC figured he'd get on his good side.

Trade Parker for that Drummond in two years tbh.

[lefty]

But we shouldn't be surprised

[lefty]

LMA SAYING HE IS EXCITED TO PLAY WITH PATTY


AT THE MODS FOR CLOSING MY THREAD

[Marcus Bryant]

I now i am asking a lot here, and considering the cap jump next year it really doesnt have a lot of sense, but it would have been great if Aldridge left 4 millions on the table (80 instead of 84 millions) so that the Spurs could secure one more signing.
Also as a gesture that he embraces the Spurs culture fully, i expected the same from Leonard. It seems that the likes of Leonard and Aldridge doesn´t fully understand what it takes to win it all the way Duncan, Ginobili and now Green Do.

I hate Spurs fans.

[Marcus Bryant]

You effing communist, Cowboys training camp has started go follow them.

[SpursBig3s]

RC's baby picture.

ing out

[baseline bum]

I hate Spurs fans.

No . I still can't believe how well this plan of RC's has worked now years after it was devised. But even then, you could plan going and getting a guy like Aldridge, Gasol, or Love, but who could have planned for getting David West for the minimum, Manu Ginobili for the room exception, or Tim ing Duncan for $5 million? Or Danny Green turning down $20 million to stay? And a Baynes replacement for $2 million. And Diaw and Mills are still here in uniform. At the start of free agency my dream scenario was Parker/Green/Leonard/Aldridge/Duncan/Diaw/Ginobili/Mills/Anderson/Bonner/3minimum-salaries. And it's ing Parker/Green/Leonard/Aldridge/Duncan/West/Diaw/Ginobili/Mills/Marjanovic/Anderson/McCallum/Simmons, and maybe Bonner too.

[timvp]

I hate Spurs fans.

Many modern day Spurs fans would have killed themselves following the Spurs prior to the Era of Dominance.

[Marcus Bryant]

The drugs might be clouding RC's memory.

No doubt.

[timvp]

No . I still can't believe how well this plan of RC's has worked now years after it was devised. But even then, you could plan going and getting a guy like Aldridge, Gasol, or Love, but who could have planned for getting David West for the minimum, Manu Ginobili for the room exception, or Tim ing Duncan for $5 million? Or Danny Green turning down $20 million to stay? And a Baynes replacement for $2 million. And Diaw and Mills are still here in uniform. At the start of free agency my dream scenario was Parker/Green/Leonard/Aldridge/Duncan/Diaw/Ginobili/Mills/Anderson/Bonner/3minimum-salaries. And it's ing Parker/Green/Leonard/Aldridge/Duncan/West/Diaw/Ginobili/Mills/Marjanovic/Anderson/McCallum/Simmons, and maybe Bonner too.

"But what about the fifth wing and the sixth bigman "

[baseline bum]

Many modern day Spurs fans would have killed themselves following the Spurs prior to the Era of Dominance.

Or been Chicago/Boston/LA fans. Could you imagine if there was a Spurstalk when Alfrederick the Great was getting minutes at the three?

[N0 LyF3 ScRuB]

LMA: It's amazing how Duncan plays so well when he's so old

RC: *Immediately looks away and looks nervous*


Idk about LMA's "Spur gene"

[kaji157]

Duncan made max money, a number of years...the Spurs didn't win it every year during that span. is that timmys fault??

Yes, but Tim Duncan was at a time a franchise player wihout any doubt, Leonard and Aldridge are not.

Or to put it in another way, i prefer to pay 40 millions to prime Duncan and have him instead of that money divided between LA and Kawhi.

It´s not that i don´t like them, is that i feel Duncan deserved it more (based on performance) and therefore i wouldn´t expect him to give up money if he could win it all "by himself", none of those two can do that. At least they have not shown that yet.

[timvp]

Could you imagine if there was a Spurstalk when Alfrederick the Great was getting minutes at the three?

Today's Spurs fans get mad when the 12th man doesn't have All-Star talent or if a sure-fire Hall of Famer shows any sign of decline. I can't even imagine this fan base back 30 years.